The High Court today, Wednesday, June 4, convicted Thomas Andy Owusu, aide to NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (popularly known as Chairman Wontumi), in a corruption case tied to illegal mining licensing.
Owusu, the second accused in the case of The Republic v.
Charles Bissue & another, was convicted on his own plea after the Court accepted a plea agreement entered under section 71 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959). The charge was based on corruption of a public officer and accepting a bribe to influence a public officer.
Screenshot This case stems from the 2019 "Galamsey Fraud Part One" investigation by Tiger Eye PI, which implicated Owusu and then-presidential staffer Charles Bissue in facilitating illegal mining licences for bribes, bypassing official processes.
